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B. Industrial materials—Continued 
Aluminum 
Seasonally adjusted 
■ CAPACITY UTILIZATION 
YR 
JAN 
FEB 
EAR 
APR 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
SEPT 
67 
96. 0 
97.3 
98.6 
100.8 
101.9 
103.3 
103.7 
105.0 
102.7 
68 
98.3 
97.5 
97.6 
98.6 
98.3 
77.4 
77.9 
85.5 
93.3 
69 
98.2 
98.5 
98.2 
99.7 
101.0 
102.0 
102.2 
102.2 
101.2 
70 
100. 1 
99.7 
99.3 
99.8 
99.6 
99. 1 
100.2 
98.5 
96.7 
71 
92.0 
91.4 
91.4 
90.8 
91.1 
89.6 
88.2 
89.9 
88.4 
72 
82.4 
83.2 
83.7 
85. 1 
86.0 
87.7 
88.0 
89.3 
89.9 
73 
92.2 
94.3 
94.7 
93.2 
92.2 
94. 1 
94.2 
93.2 
94.0 
74 
97.5 
99. 1 
100.4 
101.2 
100.5 
100.9 
101.3 
101.3 
100.3 
75 
94.3 
85.0 
82.7 
79.9 
77.3 
74.5 
74.5 
74.6 
73.8 
76 
75.1 
75.1 
76.1 
77.9 
60.6 
83.2 
85.1 
87.0 
87.4 
77 
89.9 
87.9 
86.4 
87.2 
86.4 
87.2 
87.6 
86.7 
86.5 
78 
90. 1 
91.6 
89.8 
90.9 
91.4 
92.8 
93.1 
93.9 
93.7 
79 
93.7 
94.2 
94.5 
93.6 
94.7 
95.5 
96.8 
97.4 
97.3 
80 
95.6 
96.0 
96.1 
96. I 
95.8 
96.2 
93.6 
93.4 
94.1 
81 
95.0 
95.4 
95.8 
95.6 
94. 1 
93. 1 
91.9 
90.0 
87.4 
82 
75. 1 
73.5 
72.2 
70.8 
68.6 
66.6 
64.2 
62.2 
60.4 
83 
59.8 
58.2 
58.7 
60.2 
62.5 
64.2 
67.9 
71.1 
73.7 
84 
81.4 
82.3 
83.4 
85.9 
86.9 
86.9 
84.2 
83.1 
81.8 
OUTPUT 
YR 
JAN 
FEB 
HAR 
APR 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
SEPT 
67 
67.0 
68. 1 
69.3 
71.2 
72.3 
73.6 
74.1 
75.3 
74.0 
68 
72.2 
72.2 
73.0 
74.4 
74.8 
59.4 
60.3 
66.8 
73.5 
69 
79.8 
80.4 
80.6 
82. 1 
83.6 
84.8 
85.3 
85.7 
85.2 
70 
85.8 
86.1 
86.4 
87.4 
87.9 
88. 0 
89.6 
88.7 
87.7 
71 
85.7 
85.9 
86.7 
86.9 
87.9 
87.2 
86.6 
89.0 
88.2 
72 
84.7 
85.6 
66.3 
87.9 
89.0 
91.0 
91.4 
93.0 
93.8 
73 
97.0 
99.3 
100.0 
98.6 
97.7 
99.9 
100.3 
99.4 
100.4 
74 
105.0 
106.8 
108.3 
109. 1 
108.5 
108.9 
109.4 
109.4 
108.4 
75 
102. 1 
92.3 
89.9 
87.0 
84.3 
81. 4 
81.6 
81.9 
81. 1 
76 
83.2 
83.4 
84.8 
87.0 
90.2 
93.4 
95.8 
98.2 
99.0 
77 
102.8 
100.5 
98.7 
99.7 
98.8 
99.7 
100.2 
99.2 
98.9 
78 
103. 1 
104.8 
102.9 
104.2 
104.8 
106.4 
106.8 
107.8 
107.6 
79 
107.9 
108.5 
108.9 
108.0 
109.4 
110.4 
112.0 
112.8 
112.8 
80 
111. 4 
112.2 
112.7 
113.2 
113. 1 
114.0 
111.4 
111.5 
112.7 
81 
115. 1 
115.6 
116.0 
115.8 
113.9 
112.7 
111.2 
108.9 
105.7 
82 
90.7 
88.7 
87.2 
85.6 
82.8 
80.5 
77.6 
75.1 
72.9 
83 
72.3 
70.2 
70.8 
72.6 
75.3 
77.4 
81.7 
85.6 
88.6 
84 
97.6 
98.7 
99.9 
102.8 
103.9 
103.8 
100.5 
99.1 
97.6 
■ CAPACITY 
YR 
JAN 
FEB 
HAR 
APB 
HAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUG 
SEPT 
67 
69.7 
70.0 
70.3 
70.6 
70.9 
71.2 
71.5 
71.8 
72.1 
68 
73. 4 
74.1 
74.8 
75.4 
76. 1 
76. 8 
77.4 
78.1 
78.8 
69 
81.3 
81.6 
82.0 
82.4 
82.7 
83. 1 
83.5 
83.8 
84.2 
70 
85.8 
86.4 
87.0 
87.6 
88.2 
88.6 
89.5 
90. 1 
90.7 
71 
93.2 
94.0 
94.9 
95.7 
96.5 
97.3 
98.2 
99.0 
99.8 
72 
102.8 
103.0 
103.2 
103.4 
103.6 
103.8 
103.9 
104.1 
104.3 
73 
105. 1 
105.3 
105.6 
105.8 
106.0 
106.2 
106.5 
106.7 
106.9 
74 
107.7 
107.8 
107.8 
107.8 
107.9 
107.9 
108.0 
108.0 
108. 1 
75 
108.3 
108.5 
108.7 
108.9 
109. 1 
109.3 
109.5 
109.7 
109.9 
76 
110.8 
111. 1 
111.4 
111.7 
112.0 
112.3 
112.6 
112.9 
113.2 
77 
114.3 
114.3 
114.3 
114.3 
114.3 
114.3 
114.4 
114.4 
114.4 
78 
114.4 
114.5 
114.5 
114.6 
114.6 
114.7 
114.7 
114.8 
114.8 
79 
115. 1 
115.2 
115.3 
115.4 
115.5 
115.6 
115.7 
115.8 
115.9 
80 
116.5 
116.9 
117.3 
117.7 
118. 1 
118.5 
119.0 
119.4 
119.8 
81 
121.2 
121. 1 
121. 1 
121. 1 
121.0 
121.0 
121.0 
120.9 
120.9 
82 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120. 8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
83 
120.8 
120.7 
120.6 
120.6 
120.5 
120.4 
120.4 
120.3 
120.2 
84 
120.0 
119.9 
119.8 
119.7 
119.6 
119.5 
119.4 
119.3 
119.2 
PERCENT 
OCT 
NOf 
DEC 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN. 
AVG. 
102.1 
100.6 
99.7 
97.3 
102.0 
103.8 
100.8 
101.0 
96. 1 
96.0 
95.7 
97.8 
91.4 
85.6 
96.0 
92.7 
100.5 
99.2 
100.5 
98.3 
100.9 
101.9 
100. 1 
100.3 
95.4 
94.5 
96.6 
99.7 
99.5 
98.5 
95.5 
98.3 
85. 1 
82.5 
82.2 
91.6 
90.5 
88.8 
83.2 
88.5 
90.3 
90.9 
89.8 
83.1 
86.2 
89.1 
90. 3 
87.2 
94.0 
93.9 
95.7 
93.8 
93. 1 
93.8 
94.5 
93.8 
99.9 
99.2 
98.6 
99.0 
100.9 
101.0 
99.2 
100.0 
73.0 
74. 1 
73.9 
87.3 
77.2 
74.3 
73.7 
78.1 
88.8 
89.6 
89.7 
75.5 
80.6 
86.5 
89.4 
83.0 
87.1 
87.8 
88.5 
88.1 
66.9 
87.0 
87.8 
87.4 
93.5 
93. 1 
93.7 
90.5 
91.7 
93.6 
93.9 
92.3 
97.0 
96.6 
96.6 
94.2 
94.6 
97.1 
96.8 
95.7 
94. 1 
94.4 
94.0 
95.9 
96.0 
93.7 
94.2 
94.9 
84.8 
80.4 
78.2 
95.4 
94.3 
89.8 
81.1 
90. 1 
59.1 
58.8 
59.1 
73.6 
68.7 
62.2 
59.0 
65.9 
76.1 
77.7 
81.2 
58.9 
62.3 
70.9 
78.3 
67.6 
81.2 
80.3 
80.2 
82.4 
86.6 
83.0 
80.6 
83.1 
INDEX, 1977 = 100 
OCT 
NOT 
DEC 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN. 
AVG. 
73.9 
73. 1 
72.8 
68.2 
72.4 
74.5 
73.2 
72.0 
76.4 
76.9 
77.3 
72.5 
69.5 
66.9 
76.9 
71.5 
85.0 
84.2 
85.7 
80.2 
83.5 
85.4 
85.0 
83.6 
87. 1 
86.9 
89.3 
86. 1 
87.8 
88.7 
87.8 
87.6 
85.6 
83.7 
84.0 
86.1 
87.3 
87.9 
84.4 
86.5 
94.4 
95.2 
94.2 
85.6 
89.3 
92.7 
94.6 
90.6 
100.7 
100.8 
102.9 
98.8 
98.7 
100.0 
101.5 
99.8 
108.0 
107. 2 
106.7 
106.7 
108.8 
109.1 
107.3 
108.0 
80.4 
81.7 
81.7 
94.8 
84.3 
81.5 
81.3 
85.5 
100.9 
102.0 
102.4 
83.8 
90.2 
97.7 
101.7 
93.4 
99.7 
100.4 
101.3 
100.7 
99.4 
99.4 
100. 4 
100.0 
107.5 
107.0 
107.8 
103.6 
105.1 
107.4 
107. 4 
105.8 
112.5 
112.5 
112.3 
108.4 
109.3 
112.5 
112.4 
110.7 
113. 1 
113.8 
113.7 
112.1 
113.4 
111.9 
113.5 
112.7 
102.6 
97.1 
94.5 
115.6 
114. 1 
108.6 
98. 1 
109.1 
71.4 
71.0 
71.4 
88.9 
83.0 
75.2 
71.3 
79.6 
91.4 
93.3 
97.4 
71.1 
75. 1 
85.3 
94. 1 
81.4 
96.7 
95.6 
95.4 
98.7 
103.5 
99.1 
95.9 
99.3 
PERCENT OF 1977 OUTPUT 
OCT 
NOV 
DEC 
Q 1 
Q 2 
Q 3 
Q 4 
ANN. 
AVG. 
72.4 
72.7 
73.0 
70.0 
70.9 
71.8 
72.7 
71.3 
79.4 
80.1 
80.8 
74.1 
76. 1 
78.1 
80. 1 
77. 1 
84.6 
84.9 
85.3 
81.6 
82.7 
83.8 
84. 9 
83.3 
91.3 
91.9 
92.5 
86.4 
88.2 
90.1 
91.9 
89. 1 
100.6 
101.5 
102.3 
94.0 
96.5 
99.0 
101.5 
97.7 
104.5 
104.7 
104.9 
103.0 
103.6 
104.1 
104.7 
103.8 
107.1 
107.4 
107.6 
105.3 
106.0 
106.7 
107.4 
106.3 
108. 1 
108. 1 
108.2 
107.8 
107.9 
108.0 
108. 1 
107.9 
110. 1 
110.3 
110.5 
108.5 
109. 1 
109.7 
110.3 
109.4 
113.5 
113.8 
114.1 
111.1 
112.0 
112.9 
113.8 
112.4 
114.4 
114.4 
114.4 
114.3 
114.3 
114.4 
114.4 
114.3 
114.9 
114.9 
115.0 
114.5 
114.6 
114.8 
114.9 
114.7 
116.0 
116. 1 
116.2 
115.2 
115.5 
115.8 
1 16. 1 
115.6 
120.2 
120.6 
121.0 
116.9 
118. 1 
119.4 
120.6 
118.7 
120.9 
120.8 
120.8 
121.1 
121.0 
120.9 
120.8 
121.0 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.8 
120.2 
120. 1 
120.0 
120.7 
120.5 
120.3 
120. 1 
120.4 
119. 1 
119.0 
118.9 
119.9 
119.6 
119.3 
119.0 
119.4